A drone deployable modular system for remote solar energy generation utilizes remote-controlled multi-rotor drones configured to deliver and maintain modular heliostat units for assembly into heliostat fields in remote locations. The drone deployable modular heliostat unit may include a frame that supports at least one deployable, mirrored surface controlled by a heliostat driver. In one embodiment, the deployable, mirrored surface is a MYLAR film tensioned over a mirror frame portion supported and controlled by the heliostat driver to orient a working face of the mirrored surface in various positions. The drone deployable modular heliostat unit may include a deployable stand arrangement and/or an anchor system. The modular heliostat units may be configured to be deployed in heliostat fields in a generally peripheral arrangement to provide reflected solar energy to a centrally located concentrating solar collector/energy utilization system.


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    Title :

    Drone deployable modular system for remote solar energy generation


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    Publication date :

    2025-06-03


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / A01G Gartenbau , HORTICULTURE / B64U / F24S Sonnenkollektoren , SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen



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